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Re: Trouble flashing cRIO

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Originally Posted by gvarndell View Post
I know this thread began over 2 weeks ago and the OP may no longer be having this particular problem.

However, I've just gone through the re-imaging process several times and I see why so many people have been having trouble with it.

You should not direct connect (crossover cable or not) your PC to the cRio when re-imaging.
Use cable instead of wireless, but use a switch or hub between the cRio and the PC.
The reason is the cRio is rebooted several times during the imaging process.
Each time the cRio reboots, it has the potential to disrupt link status on your PC LAN connection.
The time it takes your PC to recover from the lost link status, and the extent to which that makes your PC unable to communicate with the cRio is more or less -- depending on your machine.

In my case, this morning, my laptop would not successfully image the cRio with a direct cable connection. After putting a switch in between, it worked first time. The switch prevents my wired port from losing link status when the cRio boots and that made all the difference.
gvarndell,

We have not had problems re-flashing the cRio until v20 of the image. Now, no matter what we try it will not re-flash (however, we have not tried the safe mode format yet). We have tried direct connection with multiple computers with both a normal and crossover cable and have also used the supplied N-router as a switch between the programming computer and cRio. Interestingly enough, the FRCLabVIEWUpdate2.1for2010.zip update does not seem to re-install itself and I can't find any place to uninstall it. None of the program files (shortcuts, exes, etc) are updated and if I delete the zipped image of the cRio down in the NI installation folder on the computer, it will not replace the deleted file (again suggesting it is not reinstalling). Also, it won't install the older version - FRCLabVIEWUpdate2.0for2010.zip - either. I can't get the v19 image back.

- Bryce

P.S. Really, NI? You don't allow for REINSTALLATION!? The only solution I can see at this point is to completely uninstall and re-install LabView and then the updates. That's if formatting in safe mode won't work.
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